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Judge Gary Uses Plain Words. (
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Calls the Attention of Jurors to c
Their High Duty?Cause of
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Benneitsville, Nov. 16.?In
his charge to the grand jury here j.
this morning Judge Gary said in Q
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,%ii is pleasant but unusual to
see 18 grand jurors answer to roll ^
call at tbe beginning of court. ^
This duty is often shirked, and it v
is the best citizens who shirks it ^
oftenest. Too many good men j
aro released from the responsible
duties of juror on account of ?pri- j
vate interest. The court has to (j
take second choice, meu who do
not come up to the legal require v
rneuts. The consequence is often ^
a miscarriage of justice, and tbe (
courts are held up to ridicule. The (
fault is not in the system, but in g
those who administer it. That ^
community 'which does not set its (
face stornly against crime and t
J criminals cannot prosper. Therei
I port shows that there are 17 crim-1 ^
inula in jail here this morning.
Something has gone w rong in the j
cogs of the machinery in this
county. The surest way to pre*
vent crime is to convict thoso who j
commit crime. 1 do not wish to
prejudice jurors against any unfortunate
criminal, but you are ,
heio to discharge a very high
<Juty, to punish criminals without
ti?3ar, favor or-prejudice.'-'
The court, as soon as it was
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organized, bogan to take Judge (
Gary's advice and to sustain tho
reputation of Marlboro courts,
which are a terror to evil doers. .
One negro was ariaigncd and tried
fot housebreaking and larceny, ,
was speedily convicted and sentenced
to a year on the cbaingang.
Then six other, realizing the
helplessness of defense, pleaded
guilty to various offenses and
were sent to the public works.
One of them, a white man, was
given 30 days for being drunk at
a church.
There are three murder cases
to be tried, two of them white
men. The most notable one is
that of Henry Patrick, who killed
his wife here a few days ago.
A RUNAWAY BICYCLE.
Terminated with an ugly cut on
the leg of J. B. Orner, Franklin
Grove, 111. It developed a stubborn
ulcer unyielding to doctors
and remedies for four years. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured.
It's just as good for Burns, Scalds
Skin Eruptions and Pilos. 25c,
at Crawford Bros. J. F Mackey
& Co., and T. Eugene Fundorknat
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Weiters of Charleston Enters
Another Suit.
Columbia Record.
A third action has boon instituted
against dispensary constables
ixv Charleston. Tho suit gives
notice that Rudolp D. Weiters has J
tited suit against Gidoon, Bateman,
May, Hoy and Grady, dispensary
constablosand their bonds.,
men f jr the sum of $500 each for
damages. A few days ago Weiters
filed ' suit in United States
court for $10,000 damages and
also commenced criminal action
dn the circuit court of Charleston,
there being some trouble at the
time over the bond. This last
suit is in the . state courts also
making thieo separate actions
against those men.
lamden Tragedy a Mystery, i!
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>ai<l That Thoro Was No Shortage (^1
in the Hank's Funds? Hank As- t,n
signs?Expects to Hay ^1C
Everybody. res
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Ipecial to Charlotte Observer. the
Camden, S. Nov. 17.?A *ig
not of crape on tho doors ot hull cui
>f Camden's business houses tells E.
ow deeply tho people of this city to
re sorrowing. The douth of E bei
diller Boy kin nnd of E C. Zemj to
ins affected not only the businoss
terests, but bus saddened the the
lomes of all Camden. At the the
"armors and Merchants' Bank at
vns posted a notice, plaintivo in
ts simple announcement or the
loublo tragedy, and which proilaimed
that tonight the directors ^
vill meet and investigate tho afairs.
Mr. Boykin's son is tho
nly survivor who knows the safe
:ouibination, and ho is too grief- ^
itricken to come down today. A
jrother of each uf the deceased is
i member of tho board, and for ^'
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his reason no motion was had ? (
ind no statomcnt given out to
i 111!
The funeral of Mr. Boy kin was
leld at Grace Episcopal church, ^
jf which ho was a vestryman, to- ve
lay. Mr. Zomp's remains will
bo buried from the Methodist
church, of which he was a devoted \c
member. The charity of both of sl(
those gentlemen is proverbial and in
their integrity unqestioned.
The death of Mr. Boykin was w
due to an accident, says the w
coroner's jury, but that is an at- l)l
tempt to draw the veil of charity
over the heart^rendering scene. *?
In his bank yestorday morning he to
found a paper which agitated him ?
E^reat'y. " My God, I am ruined!" '1C
he exclaimed, but Air. Zmnp comforted
him. Shortly afterwards se
Mr. Boykin went homo, and at 4 a''
o'clock came the news of his ca
death. This was such a 6hffck to w'
Air. Zemp that ho carried from m
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the bank the pisiol with which,
in his unnerved state, he ended
his life.
"1 have $4:0,000 deposited **i
there," said a Camden business ^
man to day, "and I am not wor 8C
riod over that, but I am grieved ^
because these two men, honored
and beloved, have ended their 8^
lives, when, for the asking, they w
could have had the money to tide "!
it oVer. . Tho bank is solvent, ^
but the protesting of a pieco of ,r
paper worried tho deceased, both ^
of whom havo worked thomsolves ^
to death." P
Tho pall-bearers at Mr. Boy a
kin's funeral wore his brothers
and hrothors-in-law. and tho sicrht Y
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deeply effected tho throng which ^
had come for miles to pay a tri- a
bute of love to one of whom no
one speaks but in praise. '(
bank's directors order assignment.
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Camden, Nov. 18.?At a meeting
of tho board of directors of
tho Farmers and Merchants bank,
tho following action was taken: c
4 Having, with the aid of two I
able experts, oxaminod all of tho t
available records, books, papers r
and accounts found in the bank I
vault, tho result of which satisfies d
tho board that tho assets and so- t
cnrities of tho bank are sufficient (
eventually to moot all its legal' c
obligations and to pay all depositor e
and othor croditors, but in view ^
of tho serious interruptions causbd f
to its business by tho calamity i
which has occurred, tho lack at. r
this time of an available person e
lling to iishiiniu the duties of
ssident and in the further eonion
which exists that some
xo wi 1 he necessary to convert
i assets into cash, we do hereby
olvo and determine for Iho
it interest of all creditors under
i circumstances to make an asnmont
of all the property, scutes
and credits of the hunk to
S. Vaux and A. D. Kennedy
bo administered for the c?pial
ibfit of all creditors, according
law."
Phis resolution was signed by
j entire board of directors and
) deed of assignment executed
once.
ot Himself Through Heart
icido of the 19-Year Old son of
Editor J. P. Caldwell cf the
Charlotte Observer.
>ocial to The State.
Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 18.?
P. Caldwell, Jr., the 19-yeard
son of J. P. Caldwell, editor
the Charlotte Observer, . coinitted
suicide this evening at '>
clock by shooting himself
rough the heart with a rovolir.
Thero soetus to bo no cause for
o rash deed. For six weeks thes
>ung man suuereci rrom dcprcsm
and several times has said ho
tended to kill himself, but it
as thought that the remarks
ere due to despondency and
ore not based on any fixed pur)se.
Ymng Caldwell had been up
wn most of the day and started
ward Jiomo shortly after 5
clock. On his {way homeward
! mo1; a friend to whom he said
i intended to do away with liitnlf.
Ilis statements caused somo
arm, and upon being communi,tcd
to a member v)f Mr. Caldoll's
family a kindly effort was
ado to change the young man's
ame of mind.
Without further discussion of
s purpose the boy walkod into
s father's house; passing through
o hall in which his sisters wero
sated, and going to his room on
io second floor, ho closed tho
aor. A second later tho pistol
lot was (ired. One of his sisters
ho entered tho room found it \&
irkness. She made a light, and
len saw that her brother was lyig
on his back across his bed.
lo had placed tho rovolvor against
is left breast, and"tho bullet had
enetratod tho heart, producing
Imost instantaneous death.
Young Caldwoll had served two
oars in tho United States navy,
iiuce his return home, a }'ear
go, bo had had several attacks of
llness and had suffered raoro or
ess from molancholia.
3ongrogation Shocked at Revelations
as to Their Pastor.
Brooklyn, Nov. 18.?The disovery
that their 'pastor, Rev.
father George D. Sander, has
>oen leading a double lifo gave tho
nembers of St. Leonard's Cathoic
church here a great shock tolay.
Tho 4'reverend" passed in
ho f?r hills of New Jersey as
jeorge West, owner of a stable
>f thoroughbreds and a general
iport. A won.an called 4tMrs.
kVest" provided over tho stock
arm, and it is reported that sho
* a Mrs. Kipp, a member of his
hurcb, whoso relatives have often
iske.l tho priest to help find her.